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Manuscripts
Thomas Carlyle collection
- Description
A collection containing manuscripts and correspondence related to Thomas Carlyle. The collection includes a fragment of "Frederick the Great" written by Carlyle as well as a quote "Paradise is under the shadow of our swords." The majority of the collection is correspondence to and from Carlyle; correspondents include John Aitken Carlyle, Robert Chambers, John Reuben Thompson, and Nathaniel Parker Willis. Subjects include Carlyle's works, The London Library, raising funds for Isabella Burns Begg, and social and political events. The collection also includes a small group of letters from Jane Welsh Carlyle to Henry Larkin, a friend of Thomas and Jane Carlyle and the author of the biography "Carlyle and the Open Secret of His Life" (1886).
- Date
- 1835-1870
- Call number
- mssCarlyle
- Provenance
- purchased from George D. Smith sale, 1915.
- purchased from Anderson Galleries sale, 1915.
- purchased from William K. Bixby sale, 1918.
- purchased from Anderson Galleries sale, cat. 49, 1919.
- purchased from American Art Association sale, May 1923.
- gift of Mrs. Fred Obarr, November 1961.
- provenance unknown, in library as of, Mrs. Henry A. Batten, 1974.
- gift of June 1980.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
- Associated people
- Carlyle, Jane Welsh, (1801-1866,)
- Carlyle, John Aitken, (1801-1879,)
- Chambers, Robert, (1802-1871,)
- Larkin, Henry, (1820-1899,)
- Thompson, John Reuben, (1823-1873,)
- Willis, Nathaniel Parker, (1806-1867,)
